Question

Before the Guns: The Roads to Civil War - Part 1 - American Civil War Anniversary Series
By 1850, about 75% of American slaves were in the service of...


1. Tobacco plantations


2. White settlers


3. Rice plantations


4. King Cotton

Answer 1

By 1850, about 75% of American slaves were in the service of **King Cotton**. The cotton industry had become the dominant force in the Southern economy, leading to an increase in the demand for slave labor to support cotton production.